I got one! I got one! I got one!
| What?! What?! What?! |  |
An Apple II. One of the most historically significant computers to exist. It has everything I love about a computer. Expandable, hackable and meant for
true enthusiasts while being very easy to use for the beginner. So much of Steve Wozniak's influence is in this machine!
| Very nice! Can You tell me some more about it? | |
The machine I got was in fantastic condition and came with some interesting expansion cards. 
This card appears to be a real-time clock of sorts. Sadly, almost all of the cards I got dont seem to work. The EPROMS on them appear to be blank.
This would have been used to keep track of time and date, something the original Apple II could not do on its own.
This card appears to be a GPIB interface. This would have been used to connect with pieces of test equipment. Multimeters, scopes etc. From these two cards I can assume this may have been used as part of an automated test setup of some description. The GPIB protocol is still used now so if this card worked theres no reason I couldnt use it to control my own equipment.
Rather handily, this also came with a colour video adapter. Due to the way the colour sustem worked on the Apple II it is not possible to get a colour PAL video signal from the european models. The colour graphics worked by modifying the NTSC video signal and "tricking" the TV into showing colour. This of course went against the NTSC standard and made it very hard to adapt to PAL countries. This card takes the "colour burst" signal from the Apple II and uses that to generate and RGB output so it can be used with a standard monitor. I tried this with my Commodore 1084S monitor and it works great! Sadly that monitor is a little too big to sit on top of the Apple so my black and white CCTV monitor shall have to suffice, despite it being black and white. It also leaves room for the two 5.25" floppy drives.
| Wow! Looks like you found a pretty rare gem! | |
I did! I plan on using it to learn 6502 assembler language. Like this ... 
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Tell me about it!. |
